[Call to Order, Invocation, and Pledge of Allegiance]
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FEBRUARY 28, 2023. THE SESSION OF MIDLOTHIAN CITY COUNCILS CALL TO ORDER PER MAYOR PRO TEM, WILL LEAD US IN
OUR INVOCATION AND PLEDGES. >> BOUT WITH ME IF YOU WOULD.
FATHER RICK UNGAR FOR THIS EVENING, GIVE ME THE HONOR AND GLORY AND PRAISE. WE THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE, TO WORK AND PLAY IN THIS GREAT COMMUNITY OF MIDLOTHIAN. I PRAY YOU WOULD GUIDE US TONIGHT, GIVE US WISDOM. I PREFER ALL OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, WHO LOVE ON OUR CITY SO WELL, TAKE CARE OF OUR CITY SO WELL. WE PRAY TONIGHT WOULD BE A GOOD NIGHT FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVE, SO SELFLESSLY.
WE ASK YOUR BLESSINGS UPON ALL OF THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, CITY STAFF, COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS.
BLESS THEM FOR THEIR TIME AND COMMITMENT TO SERVING THIS COMMUNITY. WE GIVE THIS MEETING TO YOU.
AGAIN, LEAD US AND GUIDE US AND DIRECT US IN JESUS NAME WE
PRAY, AMEN. >> BEFORE WE GET UNDERWAY, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE NOTE THAT TONIGHT IS A SPECIAL NIGHT.
OUR TWO VARSITY TEAMS ARE PLAYING EACH OTHER.
AT 7:00 PM. MIDLOTHIAN HIGH SCHOOL AND HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOL, I WISH THEM BOTH LOOK.
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HAVE TWO GOOD PITCHERS TONIGHT. 2023-056 RECEIVE RACIAL PROFILING AND JUVENILE CURFEW ANNUAL REPORTS>> THANK YOU. THE CHIEF NORMALLY GIVE THIS PRESENTATION, TODAY'S HIS BIRTHDAY.
SO, COMMAND HARP VOLUNTEERED HERE NOT TO GIVE THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT. AND I WAS OUT OF THE OFFICE ALL GOT IN AND SAID THAT'S A GREAT IDEA COMMANDER, I'LL BE RIGHT BEHIND YOU ALL THE WAY! BUT, ALL SERIOUSNESS, HE'S OUR ADMINISTRATIVE PATROL COMMANDER AND THERE WAS NUMBERS MAN.
HE IS PROBABLY THE BEST PERSON TO GIVE THE PRESENTATION.
I WILL TURN OVER THING EVER KNOWS COMMANDER HARP.
I WILL TURN OVER HIM. HE WILL TAKE IT FROM HERE.
>> THANKS, CHIEF. >> COUNCIL AND MAYOR.
WHAT I LIKE TO DO IS, YOU ALREADY RECEIVED THE PACKET.
I PRESENTED THIS ON BEHALF OF THE CHIEF.
BARILLA COMEDY ANALYSIS ON RACIAL PROFILE IS DONE BY CONSULTANT, DOCTOR.
HE IS THE RECOGNIZED EXPERT IN THE FIELD OF RACIAL PROFILING.
WE OUTSOURCE THIS TO HIS FIRM, TO CONDUCT THE ANALYSIS OF OUR DATA. WE COLLECT THE DATA, YEAR-ROUND. PROVIDED QUARTERLY TO HIS FIRM IN THE CONDUCT THE ANALYSIS. AT THE END OF THE COMPLETION OF THE CALENDAR YEAR. SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS I WENT THROUGH. ABBA SAID, IT'S A 69 PAGE DOCUMENT. WILL READ THROUGH THAT THIS EVENING BUT I WANT TO POINT OUT SOME HIGHLIGHTS AND HAVE YOUR ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS I CAN THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. IRST, THE CHECKLIST, IT'S LATER ON IN THE PACKET. BUT I WANT TO BRING IT TO THE FRONT TO SHOW KIND OF, WHAT SHOWS THAT WE MET REQUIREMENTS OF THE TEXAS RACIAL PROFILING LAW.
WE LIMITED A RACIAL PROFILING POLICY, THAT DEFINES RACIAL PROFILING. IT PROHIBITS RACIAL PROFILING, WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED A COMPLAINT PROCESSES AND WAYS TO INFORM THE PUBLIC ON HOW TO FILL OUT COMPLAINTS ANYTIME CITATION OR WARNING IS ISSUED. THE VIOLATOR RECEIVES INFORMATION ON THE CITATION OR WARNING THAT INDICATES HOW TO FILE A COMPLAINT. WE ALSO HAVE DISCIPLINE REGARDLESS OF OFFICERS WHO VIOLATE THE RISK -- RACIAL PROFILING OUT WE ARE ANALYZING THE DATA AND AS REQUIRED BY LAW WE COMMIT DATA AUDITS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, QUARTERLY AS I SAID. WE ALSO CONDUCT A SEARCH ANALYSIS. ANYWAY, YOU CAN SEE ON THE CHECKLIST. THE CONCLUSION OF THE REPORT, I'LL GET TO THE DETAILS. WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL REQUIREMENTS BY THE STATE. AND WE ARE WITHIN INDUSTRY STANDARDS WHEN IT COMES TO ANALYSIS.
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GOING THROUGH THE FIRST HERE JUST SHOWS WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY RACIAL PROFILING COMPLAINTS THIS YEAR PETER HAD A COUPLE LAST YEAR AND PREVIOUS YEARS. UT THIS YEAR WE DIDN'T RECEIVE ANY COMPLAINTS ON RACIAL PROFILING SO THAT'S GOOD NEWS. WE HAVE THE NEXT PAGE HERE, GOES INTO KIND OF THE OVERALL, GIVES YOU THE MOST OVERALL VIEW OF TRAFFIC STOPS, INCLUDE ONLY MOTOR VEHICLE TO MOTOR VEHICLE STOPS. IT DOES NOT INVOLVE SUSPICIOUS PERSONS, THINGS LIKE THAT BUT IT DOES ONLY INCLUDE MOTOR VEHICLE STOPS, TRAFFIC STOPS. IT HAS A RACIAL BREAKDOWN FOR EACH ONE. WHAT'S DEFINED BY THE STATE LEGISLATURE. AND IT TABLETS ALL THOSE, OUR TOTAL JUST UNDER 11,000 TRAFFIC CONTACTS THIS YEAR SLIGHTLY DOWN FROM LAST YEAR. THE CITATION AS YOU CAN SEE THERE, OUT OF 11,000, 4200 ROUGHLY OUR CITATIONS AND THE REST ARE BROKEN DOWN BY WRITTEN WARNING, VERBAL WARNING, ETC.THE TOP ONE, IT'S HARD TO SEE BUT YOU SHOULD HAVE IT IN YOUR POCKET. IT GOES INTO BASICALLY, WHAT THEY DO, THEY DON'T REVIEW BASED ON OUR SPECIFIC CENSUS DATA RACIAL DEMOGRAPHICS BECAUSE IT IS THE POPULATION, THE MOTORING PUBLIC THAT WE ARE PULLING OVER IN VEHICLES.
WHAT THEY USE IS WHAT'S CALLED THE FAIR ROADS STANDARD, PROVIDED BY THE CENSUS BUREAU THAT SPECIFICALLY FOCUS ON THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH REGIONAL AREA.
THAT IS A CHART RIGHT THERE SHOWING US THE COMPARISON BETWEEN WHAT HOURS WERE, UNDER THE CONTACT PERCENTAGE, REPRESENTATIVE STOPS WERE COMPARED TO THE HOUSEHOLDS WITH ACCESS TO TWO VEHICLES. AS YOU GO THROUGH THE REST OF THOSE, IT BREAKS ON THE MOTOR VEHICLE SEARCHES AND ARRESTS.
AGAIN, BROKEN DOWN BY RACE. AND THE TYPE OF SEARCHES.
294 SEARCHES. ON VEHICLES OUT OF 11,000 TRAFFIC STOPS. THERE WERE NO USE OF FORCES ON TRAFFIC STOP THIS YEAR THAT RESULTED IN BODILY INJURY TO THE VIOLATORS. OR OFFICERS.
THE SEARCH DATA IS THERE IN TABLE 5. THAT AGAIN, BREAKS DOWN BY RACE. THE SEARCHES WHETHER CONTRABAND WAS FOUND, WHETHER AN ARREST IS MADE, PRESENTED THE SEARCHES PER RACE ETC. SO, THE TOTALS ARE THERE AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE BETWEEN 194 SEARCHES OUT OF 194 SEARCHES, 135 PRODUCED CONTRABAND IN THE VEHICLE. FAIRLY EFFECTIVE IT FINDING CONTRABAND WHEN DOING THE SEARCHES.
THIS NEXT CHART, TABLE 6 SHOWS YOU THE DATES OF THE QUARTERLY REPORTS PER THE QUARTERLY AUDITS WE ARE CONDUCTING AND SENDING THEM TO THE FIRM. THOSE, THE DATA WAS FOUND VALID AND RELIABLE. AGAIN, THERE WAS NO, FORESEES THAT RESULTED IN BODILY INJURY. IT'S ALL ZEROS.
THE REASON FOR THE ARREST FROM THE VEHICLE CONTEXT BREAKING DOWN THERE FOR VARIATIONS FROM VIOLATIONS OF PENAL CODE, TRAFFIC CODE, CITY ORDINANCES, OUTSTANDING WARRANTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. IT GIVES YOU A BREAKDOWN ON EACH INDIVIDUAL. AND THEN AGAIN, MENTIONED THE HIT RATES ON CONTRABAND BUT ALSO BREAK THAT DOWN BY RACE AND IN TABLE 9. TO THE CONCLUSIONS, I INCLUDED THE SUMMARY PAGE HERE ON PAGE 26 OF YOUR POCKET.
BASICALLY, HE CONFIRMS AFTER PERFORMING ANALYSIS THAT OUR PRACTICES SPECIFICALLY WITHIN HIS ANALYSIS ARE WITHIN INDUSTRY STANDARDS ACROSS THE NATION.
TRENDS, NATIONAL TRENDS ACROSS THE NATION.
THEN HE RECOMMENDS CONTINUING TO PERFORM ANALYSIS ON CONTACT IN SEARCH DATA IN THE UPCOMING YEAR, WHICH WE WILL CONTINUE AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO DATA AUDITS IN 2023, TO ASSESS THE DATA INTEGRITY. TO ENSURE THEIR CONSISTENT WITH WHAT IS BEING REPORTED. WITH THAT, I WILL ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS. >> I DID HAVE SOME CURIOSITY QUESTIONS. ARE THERE ANY COMPARISONS,
NUMBERS TO LIKE, COMMUNITIES? >> YEAH, MOST AGENCIES WILL POST. I HAVEN'T LOOKED SPECIFICALLY AT THESE. THE BENEFIT OF HAVING THE DR.
DO THIS ANALYSIS, HE IS, YOU'LL NOTICE A LOT OF SIMILARITY IN THE REPORTS AND FORMATTING. OBVIOUSLY, HE'S OUR DATA AND PERFORMS ANALYSIS. HE'S USED LIKE SEVERAL AGENCIES IN THE AREA. A LOT OF AGENCIES WILL PUBLISH
THOSE ON THEIR REPORTS. >> ARE THERE COMPARISON REPORTS
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AND IS THERE REPORT? >> THAT HE PROVIDES TO US BUT I'M SURE RESEARCHERS OUT THERE WE USE THE DATA FOR OTHER
PURPOSES. >> 11,000 STOPS, IS IT NORMAL FOR THE NUMBER OF OUR SIZE POLICE FORCE?
>> I COULDN'T ANSWER FOR OTHERS.
I KNOW IN TERMS OF HISTORICALLY, FROM WHAT WE'VE
DONE, IT SEEMS TO BE. >> AM HAPPY, COUNSEL?
IT'S INTERESTING FROM THE OTHER SIDE.
I'M NOT SURE IF YOU MENTIONED OR NOT, BUT AT THE END OF THE TRAFFIC STOP IS A FORMAT TO BE REQUIRED TO FILL UP IT ALSO GENERATES ALL THE STATS. SO.
>> I GUESS COUNSEL IS VERY HAPPY.
THANK YOU, COMMANDER. AND TELL THE CHIEF HAPPY
BIRTHDAY FOR US. >> I DO HAVE ONE MORE SLIDE WHICH IS THE CURFEW. I BELIEVE HAVE TO VOTE ON THIS, IS TO INFORM YOU GUYS WHAT'S DONE FOR US, THE IMPACT OF THE ORDINANCE THIS YEAR BASICALLY, WE ONLY HAD ENFORCEMENT OF CURFEW, ONE WERE FOUR JUVENILES LOCATED ON THE STREET.
AS SOON AS I SAW THE POLICE THEY TOOK OFF RUNNING.
OFFICERS CHASED THEM DOWN AND FIGURED OUT, RECOGNIZE WHO THEY WERE. THEY WERE PEOPLE WE HAD DEALT WITH MULTIPLE TIMES IN THE PAST.
THEY WERE OUT PAST CURFEW AND, THEY WERE CITED FOR BEING OUT PAST CURFEW. THEY WERE TAKEN HOME AND TURNED OVER TO THEIR PARENTS. LIKE I SAID, WHEN JUVENILE WE DEALT WITH SEVEN OTHER TIMES, INCLUDING VANDALISM.
NO ONE HAD 19 CONTACTS WITH US INCLUDING ASSAULT, BURGLARY, INJURY TO A CHILD. IT GIVES US A CHANCE TO ENFORCE AN ORDINANCE THAT ALLOWS US TO GET THEM WHERE THEY NEED TO BE AND CHECK UP ON WHAT THEY ARE DOING.
THAT'S ONE INCIDENT. ANOTHER ONE INVOLVED A REPORT OF SHOTS FIRED. NO SHOTS WERE EVER LOCATED.
NOBODY WITH GUNS WERE LOCATED. BUT IN THE AREA THAT THE SHOTS WERE FIRED OFF, OR REPORTED TO BE FIRED OFF, THE OFFICERS GOT THERE AND MADE A COUPLE OF TRAFFIC STOPS.
ONE ENDED UP BEING A JUVENILE WHO IS ALSO INTOXICATED.
RECEIVED BOTH DUI AND CITATION FOR CURFEW.
THE OTHER ONE WAS ACTUALLY MISTAKENLY, HE WAS ISSUED A MUFFLER VIOLATION. THEY DID ISSUE A CURFEW VIOLATION BUT ENDED UP BEING ONE MONTH OVER 17.
THEY HAD TO DISMISS THAT ONE. THUS A SUMMARY OF IT.
IF YOU QUESTIONS IT IS AN EFFECTIVE ORDINANCE.
IT DOES GIVE US TOOLS WE NEED, TO DO OUR JOB.
ANY QUESTIONS? >> SOUND LIKE YOU HAVE THINGS
WE LIKE TO THINK SO, WE ARE TRYING OUR BEST.
>> HAVE A QUESTION. ON THE CURFEW, ARE YOU MERELY -- OBVIOUSLY, THE SITUATIONS, SOMETHING, THEY WERE VIOLATING SOMETHING. THAT IS NOT TO MEAN THAT THEY ARE NOT KIDS HANGING OUT AFTER CURFEW.
SO, IF YOU'RE SEEING THEM AND THEY'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING BAD, YOU JUST SHOOT THEM WANTED TO GO HOME?
>> YES YOU WILL REALLY SEE A BEAR CURFEW ROTATION ISSUE.
THEY GIVE US A TOOL BEFORE WERE ABLE TO CLEAN UP OUR ORDINANCES TO DO KIDS HANGING OUT AT THE PARK AFTER HOURS.HIS YEAR, IT WAS MORE SO JUST KIDS WERE DOING SOMETHING OTHER THAN JUST BEING OUT PAST MIDNIGHT. OTHERWISE WE TYPICALLY JUST TAKE THEM HOME. AND THEY DON'T NEED WARNINGS.
YOU WILL TYPICALLY SEE, EVERY TIME OF DONE THE ANALYSIS, THERE IS MORE TO THE VIOLATION. GOOD QUESTION.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
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2023-057 CITIZENS TO BE HEARD - THE CITY COUNCIL INVITES CITIZENS TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON ANY TOPIC NOT ALREADY SCHEDULED FOR A PUBLIC HEARING. WE ONE SPEAKER TONIGHT, LISA HEALY. CITIZENS WISHING TO SPEAK SHOULD COMPLETE A B AND PRESENT IT TO THE CITY SECRETARY NO LESS THAN FIVE MINUTES PRIOR TO THE START OF THE MEETING. SPEAKERS ARE LIMITED TO 3 MINUTES. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, THE CITY COUNCIL CANNOT ACT ON ITEMS NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA. HOWEVER, YOUR CONCERNS MAY BE ADDRESSED BY CITY STAFF, PLACED ON A FUTURE AGENDA, OR RESPONDED TO BY SOME OTHER COURSE. CITIZENS NOT ATTENDING IN PERSON MAY SUBMIT COMMENTS ON OUR WEBSITE AT.>> GOOD EVENING, LISA HEALY, 418 MULLIGAN DRIVE, THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME A FEW MOMENTS TO SPEAK TONIGHT.
LAST THURSDAY NIGHT, I WAS AT A MEETING AND THERE WAS AN UPDATE ON THE BRANDING EXERCISE. THE LAST COUNSEL LEFT OFF, YOU GAVE DIRECTION FOR THE CONSULTANT AND FOR OUR COMMUNICATION MARKETING DIRECTOR.
TO COME BACK BECAUSE YOU WEREN'T PLEASED WITH THE RESULTS. A SUBCOMMITTEE HAS BEEN FORMED, AND I KNOW THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON CREATIVE FOR A LOGO.
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I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW YOU CAN WORK ON CREATIVE FOR A LOGO, WITHOUT HAVING THE FOUNDATION OF THE BRAND.AND, I UNDERSTAND IF THE COMMITTEE IS WORKING ON THE BRANDING, BUT DON'T HAVE TO BRING THAT BACK TO THE COUNCIL? AS A TAXPAYER, I HAVE A LOT OF CONCERNS THAT CITY STAFF, IS TAKING ACTION, OUTSIDE COUNSEL DIRECTION.
THAT IS MY MONEY THEY ARE SPENDING.
AND I WANT TO BE SURE THAT THEY ARE FOLLOWING DID NOT ALLOW FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF BRANDING.
AND THIS IS A WAY TO NOT HAVE TO DO THE ROUND OF BRANDING, BRING THE COUNCIL A LOGO, MAY BE EVERYONE LIKE IT.I DON'T KNOW. I SAW SOME SAMPLES THEY HAD DONE WITH OTHER CITIES, WASN'T IMPRESSED.
AND THEN, WE WOULD BE DONE AND OVER THIS EXERCISE.
AND I REALLY APPRECIATED IF YOU COULD LOOK INTO IT AND REALLY,
[CONSENT AGENDA]
FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON. THANK YOU.>> CONSENT AGENDA. ALL MATTERS LISTED UNDER CONSENT AGENDA ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND WILL BE ENACTED BY ONE MOTION WITHOUT SEPARATE DISCUSSION. IF DISCUSSION IS DESIRED, THAT ITEM WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND WILL BE CONSIDERED SEPARATELY. IS THERE A MOTION, PLEASE?
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>> MOVED TO APPROVE. >> SECOND.
>> MOTION TO APPROVE AND SECOND.
PLEASE VOTE. CONSENT AGENDA PASSES SEVEN Ã ZERO. REGULAR AGENDA.
2023-064 CONSIDER AND ACT UPON A REQUEST TO UTILIZE THE UTILITY FUND UNRESERVED FUND BALANCE FOR FUNDING OF UNFORESEEN EXPENDITURES RELATED TO THE REPLACEMENT OF PUMP NUMBERS 3 AND 4 AT THE CITYB WATER PUMP STATION IN THE
AMOUNT OF $250,000. >> THANK YOU, GAVE AN COUNCIL.
THIS IS A REQUEST TO USE UNUSED FUNDS TO OFFSET SOME EXPENDITURES THAT WERE UNPLANNED AT THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT. REALLY IT IS TIED TO OUR RAW WATER PUMP STATION. WE HAVE WATER PUMPS OTHER DISPIRITING ISSUES WITH TWO OF THE LARGER PUMPS.
PUMP THREE AND PUMP FOUR, EXPRESSING ISSUES TO WHERE THEY SHUT DOWN, WE PUMP THREE ACTUALLY BEEN REBUILT AND IS BACK IN SERVICE NOW. PUMP NUMBER FOUR HAS NOT UNDERGONE THE REPLACEMENT OF THE PARTS NEEDED.
BASED ON THE COST, AND SO, AFTER THE INITIAL INVESTIGATION AND REVIEW, WHAT'S BEEN DETERMINED IT LOOKS LIKE, WE HAVING A LOT OF SILT AND SEDIMENT.
IT IS NOW BEING TRANSPORTED FROM THE LAKE INTO THE RAW WATER PUMP STATION IMPACT THE PUMPS FOUR AND THREE OF THE ONES CLOSEST IN LINE WITH THE TUNNEL IT COMES FROM -- IT COMES FROM JOE POOL LAKE INTO THE WET WELL AT THE PUMP STATION. SEEING A DIFFERENT DYNAMIC PROCESS THE PUMP STATION, IT'S ALL BEEN IN PLACE FOR ABOUT 30 YEARS PREVIOUS SAME DEVELOPMENT AND THE TRANSPORT OF SEDIMENT AND SILT INTO JOE POOL LAKE AND, OUR INTAKE CHANNEL RIGHT HERE THAT WAS CONSTRUCTED BACK IN THE MID-80S, BEFORE JOE POOL LAKE WAS IMPOUNDED. THAT IS ABOUT 15 FEET DEEP.
ESSENTIALLY, 20 FEET WIDE ACROSS THE BOTTOM.
HERE IS A PICTURE BEFORE IT WAS IMPOUNDED.
YOU CAN SEE THIS IS ACTUALLY INTAKE CHANNEL RIGHT HERE.
DOES THE INTAKE STRUCTURE AND THIS IS WHERE THE RAW WATER PUMP STATION WAS BEING CONSTRUCTED.
AS PART OF THAT, WE DID DO A SURVEY.
IT WAS ESSENTIALLY, HAVING A BOAT WITH GPS EQUIPMENT BEING ABLE TO MAP THE BOTTOM OF OUR INTAKE CHANNEL AND BASED ON THE SURVEY, ESSENTIALLY, WE'VE DETERMINED IS THAT APPROXIMATE 11 TO 15 FEET OF SILT IN THE CHANNEL WITHIN JOE POOL LAKE
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THAT WILL BE COMING BACK AT A LATER DATE TO COUNCIL TO DISCUSS. WILL PROBABLY NEED TO DO SOMETHING, SOME DREDGING WITHIN THE CHANNEL AND AROUND THE INTAKE STRUCTURE. IN ORDER TO TRY AND MITIGATE THE IMPACT WE ARE SEEING FROM THE SEDIMENT AND SILT.WITH THIS AGAIN, IF COUNCIL APPROVES OUT OF THIS EVEN THERE WILL BE A FOLLOW-UP AGENDA ITEM TO AMEND THE BUDGET TO UTILIZE THOSE UNDERSERVED FUNDS ON THE UTILITY SIDE.
AGAIN, WE HAVE PUMP THREE BACK IN OPERATION.
PUMP FOR WILL BE ABOUT 12 TO 16 WEEKS TO GET PUMP FOR BACK AND AGAIN, THE INTENT WOULD BE, GET PUMP BACK IN MAKING MODIFICATIONS TO THEM SO THEY CAN BETTER HANDLE THE SILT AND SEDIMENT THAT THEY'RE EXPERIENCING.
WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR, WILL HAVE THE AREA DREDGED.
WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH CERTAIN PERMITTING, TO DO TESTING ON THE MATERIAL.E HAVE TO PROBABLY GET A PERMIT FROM THE COURT TO BE ABLE TO DEPOSIT THE SILT ON THE PROPERTY.
LET IT DRY AND HAUL IT OFF. THIS WILL BE THE FIRST TO HAPPENS IN JOE POOL LAKE. AGAIN, WE'LL COME BACK TO COUNCIL WITH ANOTHER AGENDA ITEM.
DID DISCUSS THIS WITH THE ADVISORY BOARD AT THE LAST MEETING. WE WILL BE COMING BACK AGAIN WITH MORE INFORMATION. WITH THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT COUNCIL I HAVE.
>> THEY HAVE BEEN THERE 38 YEARS NOW?
>> NO, SIR, THE, ON PUMP NUMBER FOUR, THAT OUT RIGHT NOW WAS
ACTUALLY PLACED IN 2018. >> PRIOR TO THAT IT WAS 2008 THE PUMP WAS TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE AND IT TURNED OUT THAT THERE WAS SOME FOREIGN OBJECT THAT GOT LODGED INTO.
IT CREATED A BUNCH OF DAMAGE. 55 FEET AND 75 FEET AT THE WET WELL BUT SOMEHOW THEY WOULD LIKE A TWO BY FOUR, GOT INTO THE WET WELL AND CAUSE PROBLEMS WITH THAT PUMP.UMP THREE HAS PRETTY MUCH BEEN THE SAME PUMP. OR THE MOST PART IS HAD WORK DONE ON IT BUT PUMP FOUR HAS BEEN THE ONE IS THE BIGGEST PUMP, MEANS THAT YOU CAN ADJUST THE SPEED WHICH ALLOWS FOR YOU TO PUMP MORE. THAT IS ALMOST BEEN RUNNING CONTINUALLY. IT'S COMMON FOR THE PUMPS THAT ARE THERE. WHEN YOU FIRST WENT ON 2018, READY FOR 10 YEARS, ALMOST NONSTOP, UP AND DOWN THE FACT THAT THERE ARE CERTAIN TIMES WHERE WE SEEN THE CHANGES SEDIMENT COMING INTO JOE POOL LAKE.
AFTER BIG NEGATIVE IMPACTS THAT NOW WE ARE SEEING -- FROM ADVANCED PART OF IS THAT THE WATERSHED IS DEVELOPING PRODUCING MORE DEVELOPMENT CREATING MORE RUNOFF AND MORE SILT. IT'S BEGINNING TO GET INTO THE LAKE. SO AGAIN, WHEN PUMP FOR ONE AGAIN THUS WE STARTED RAISING HER HANDS AND SAID SOMETHING IS GOING ON BECAUSE THE PUMP ISN'T THAT OLD.
WE ORIGINALLY THOUGHT WAS DEALING WITH THE MOTOR THAN WE THOUGHT IT WAS BUILT WITH VFD WHICH ARE ALL ABOVE.
AND SO, WE REALIZED THE PUMP EXPERIENCED THE SAME THING WE SAW IN 2018. THAT'S WHY START LOOKING MORE AT THE, WHAT'S CAUSING THIS AND HOW DO WE MITIGATE.
BECAUSE IT SHOULDN'T BE HAPPENING AND THAT'S WHEN WE START LOOKING AT, LOOK AT THEIR SEDIMENT.
WE TYPICALLY DO DIVERS GO DOWN INTO THE WET WELL.
WE CLEAN THE WET WELL AND WE SEND DIVERS TO SEE THAT THE INTAKE CHANNEL IS STARTING TO GET SILTED IN.
THOSE MEASURES WILL AT THAT. THAT'S KIND OF HOW WE ARRIVED AT THIS SURVEY. IT WILL REALLY GIVE US A GOOD FOUNDATION OF WHAT WE NEED TO DO AND A GOOD PICTURE.
AGAIN, WE HAVE PRELIMINARY RESULTS BACK AND WE WILL START LOOKING AT THAT AND FIGURING OUT THE NEXT STEP.
TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO MITIGATE AND LOOK AT CAMPBELL CANNOT MITIGATE IT ALL AT THIS POINT. WHEN THIS THING WAS DONE, IT WAS PRETTY EASY BECAUSE THERE WAS NO WATER THERE, YOU SEE ALL THE BIG EQUIPMENT YOU CAN SEE THE EXCAVATORS AND ALL THAT THE INTENT WOULD BE TO MITIGATE IT ENOUGH SO THAT IN 10 TO 15 YEARS WE COME BACK AND DO LITTLE MORE.
I HAVE MORE IN THE CAPITOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
EVERY 10 OR 15 YEARS SO THAT IS THIS CHANGE WE TRUST ON TOP OF IT SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO KEEP THE SEDIMENT OUT AND AWAY FROM THE INTAKE STRUCTURE BEST WE CAN.
>> IS A CONCRETE IN THE BOTTOM OF THAT?
>>. [INAUDIBLE] > NO, SIR DEAR.
>> LOOKS LIKE CONCRETE. >> THE WAY THIS LOOKS, THIS PART THESE ARE PRETTY OLD. THIS IS IN THE MID 80S.
I BELIEVE EVERYTHING ON THAT IS NATURAL.
>> A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. HELEN TO THE PUMP TO PLUOT, 11 SOMETHING GETTING LODGED IN THERE, BURNING IT UP.
TYPICALLY, ASSUMING, WHAT IS THE LIFESPAN?
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>> THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE RIGHT NOW, I THINK PUMPS ONE INTO A BEEN IN PLACE FOR 20 YEARS.
THEY'RE NOT USING MUCH AND THEY ARE ON THE FAR END OF IT.
THERE'VE BEEN USED QUITE A BIT MORE NOW.
BUT AGAIN, HAD TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE RECORDS. DON'T KNOW AN EXACT TIME THAT THE LIFESPAN IS.
OF COURSE, THE MORE YOU OPERATE IT, THE MORE IT WILL HAVE A SHORTER LIFESPAN. FIVE YEARS WAS SOMETHING THAT YOU STOP AND LOOK AND INVESTIGATE BEFORE WE COME IN AND WE REPLACED THE PUMP AND NOT HAVE ANY MEASURES TO FIGURE
OUT WHAT'S HAPPENING. >> THE REASON FOR MY QUESTIONS FOR THE FUNDING OF IT, WHICH OBVIOUSLY WE CAN'T GO WITHOUT WATER. I WANT TO UNDERSTAND HOW LONG THEY LAST WEEKEND AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHY WE DON'T HAVE A CAPITOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN ALREADY IN PLACE.
WHILE WE HAVE TO DO THIS. AN UNBUDGETED ITEM.
DURING THE CAPITOL IMPROVEMENT OR SAVE A PLAN FOR THE PUMPS IN THE FUTURE SO WE DON'T HAVE THESE UNBUDGETED ITEMS COME UP.
>> WE CAN LOOK AT TYPICALLY WHAT WE DO, THEY TYPICALLY MAINTAINED SO THERE IS MAINTENANCE DONE ON THE PUMPS AND AGAIN, IT'S WHEN YOU HAVE NORMALLY SEE VIBRATION TOWN HAVE SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN SEE ABOVE GROUND.
AND YOU START LOOKING INTO IT. WE DO VIBRATION TESTING YEARLY.
WE DO CHECK PUMPS, WOULD ALWAYS PULL HIM DOWN IT'S THE WET WELL, WE DON'T NORMALLY PULL THEM UNLESS YOU THINK THERE'S AN ISSUE WITH THE PUMPS. GAIN, IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO START LOOKING AT. TYPICALLY, WE TRY TO STAND TOP AND WE KNOW IF THERE'S AN ISSUE PUMP FOR, 2018 OR 2019 BE REPLACED. THERE IS NOWHERE ON THE RADAR
THAT WILL HAPPEN ANYTIME SOON. >> OKAY THEN MY LAST HAVE NOT.
IT IS STILL COMING THROUGH THIS STATION.
>> ONE POINT WE TALKED ABOUT DOING DIRECT.
AND THE QUESTION, IF WE TYPE OR FOR THAT TYPE OF IMPROVEMENT.
WILL THAT LOWER THE WORKLOAD ON THE PUMPS TO TRY AND GET MORE
ONE THING WE LOOKED AT. LOOKING AT FROM A REUSE STANDPOINT, COMPANY RIGHT NOW, AT SOME POINT THE TECHNOLOGY WILL BE THERE WE ALMOST HAVE A PIPELINE TO PIPELINE CONNECTION. THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE ACTUALLY DOING IT NOW FOR THE MOST PART.
BUT YES, WE TALKED ABOUT IT TODAY.
WE LOOKED AT THERE'S A WAY YOU CAN DO SOMETHING KIND OF BYPASS HAVING TO GO TO JOE POOL LAKE, WE DO IMPROVEMENT AND SO THAT COUNCIL KNOWS, RECENTLY THEY DECIDE TO FUND UPGRADES AT THE WATER PUMP STATION SO WILL BE A NDA FUNDED PROJECT THAT WE TAKE BACK NEXT MONTH. ONE THING WE LOOKING AT IS DOING UPGRADES THE PUMP STATION AND BFDS AND MOTORS.
-- LOOKING AT ALTERNATIVES TO WHERE WE COULD BYPASS, IF WE COULD GO FROM THE MOUNT CREEK PLANT WHICH IS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE OTHER PLANT, THAT WOULD BE GREAT TO BRING THAT BACK AROUND. IT IS SOMETHING WE TALKED ABOUT WE WANT TO START LOOKING AT AS WELL.
>> IS THAT CHANNEL DEDICATED FOR OUR SYSTEM?
WOULD WE BE THE SOLE RECIPIENT? >> YES OR PARENT OF THE INTAKE STRUCTURE IS OURS. THERE IS ANOTHER INTAKE STRUCTURE BUT IT IS JOINTLY OWNED.
-- IT IS GRAND PRAIRIE, DUNCAN HILL AND CEDARVILLE.
BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED THAT, THERE IS NO OTHER ENTITY THAT WOULD HAVE THAT RESPONSE. WE TALKED TO THE COURT AND BASICALLY, THIS IS YOUR INTAKE STRUCTURE.
THIS WILL BE YOURS. >> THANK YOU.
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>> MOVED TO APPROVE. >> SECOND.
>> MOVED AND SECOND. PLEASE VOTE.
ADAM PASSES, SEVEN ÃZERO. >> THANK YOU.
>> AGENDA ITEM 2023-065 CONSIDER AND ACT UPON AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY OF MIDLOTHIANB 2023 UTILITY FUND BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $250,000 FROM THE UNRESERVED FUND BALANCE FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF PUMP NUMBERS 3 AND 4 AT THE CITYB POOL LAKE RAW WATER PUMP STATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH
CHAPTER 102, LOCAL >> I WILL TAKE A MOTION,
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PLEASE SECOND. >> MOTION TO APPROVE AND SECOND. PASSES 7-0.
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THANK YOU. AGENDA ITEM 2023-066 CONSIDER AND ACT UPON CHANGE ORDER NO. 6 TO THE AGREEMENT WITH DEAN ELECTRIC, INC. (DBA DEAN CONSTRUCTION), CEDAR HILL, TEXAS, CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK (THE CMAR), FOR ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF MIDLOTHIAN COMMUNITY PARK PHASE II TRAIL EXTENSION CALLED THE LAKEGROVE PROJECT, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $ 711,500.>> GOOD EVENING, MARY AND COUNCIL PITA PIT TO REQUEST APPROVAL FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE LAKEGROVE BOARDWALK AND TRAIL. THEY AWARDED A GRANT THAT WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL NOVEMBER 8, 2022.
THE CONSTRUCTION COST IS NOT TO EXCEED $711,500.
THIS WILL INCLUDE CONSTRUCTING AN EIGHT FOOT WIDE, 450 FOOT LONG BOARDWALK, AND A 10 FOOT WIDE TRAIL.
THAT MEANDERED READILY THROUGH THE WOODS TO GRANDMOTHERS HOUSE WE GO. JUST KIDDING.
WHEN I WROTE THAT AS I FEEL LIKE I HAVE TO SAY THAT.LONG THE CREEK, CREATING A BEAUTIFUL SHADED TRAIL FROM HAWKINS RUN ROAD TO 14TH STREET. THIS WILL BE A GREAT START TO THE BEAUTIFUL TRAIL SYSTEM FOR OUR RESIDENTS TO ENJOY.
AND WITH THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY
>> THE TRAIL IS JUST ABOUT A MILE.
MAYBE A LITTLE BIT OVER. IT DEPENDS.
WE GOING TO LINE IT UP AS WE GO THROUGH THE WOODS, TO AVOID THE TREES. SO, IT COULD GIVE OR TAKE A
LITTLE BIT. >> I JUST HAD AN EASY QUESTION.
I THOUGHT HISTORICALLY, THAT TRAIL STANDARD WAS EIGHT, BUT THIS IS 10. IS THERE REASON FOR THE CHANGE?
>> TRAIL STANDARDS, A SMALL TRAIL.
IT DEPENDS, THERE IS DIFFERENT SIZES OF TRAILS.
THERE IS AN EIGHT FOOT TRAIL, WHICH WOULD BE A SMALLER, IN TOWN TYPE TRAIL. THEN YOU GO TO 10 FOOT BECAUSE YOU'RE LOOKING AT MULTIUSE, BICYCLES AND PEDESTRIAN.
THERE IS ENOUGH ROOM FOR A BIKE TO PASS WITH PEOPLE WALKING.
AND MANY OF THE TRAILS ARE GOING 12 TO 14 FEET NOW.
BUT WE WERE TRYING TO ANNOY THE DAMAGE INTO THE WOODS AND THE
COST OF CONCRETE RIGHT NOW. >> THANK YOU.
>> YES, SIR! >> IS THIS PART GOING TO BE CALLED LAKEGROVE PARK? OR IS IT THE EXTENSION OF THE
COMMUNITY PARK? >> IT WAS PART OF THE PROPERTY PURCHASE FOR THE COMMUNITY PARK.
BUT IT IS ACROSS THE STREET. WE HAVE BEEN REFERRING TO IT AS LAKEGROVE PARK, BUT WE HAVE NOT CREATED AN ACTUAL NAME YET.
SO THAT IS SOMETHING TO DISCUSS WITH THE GROUP, AS TO WHAT THE NAME WILL TRULY BE BUT LAKEGROVE PARK SEEMS VERY FITTING BUT ABSOLUTELY, WE CAN HAVE A BIGGER DISCUSSION ON WHAT THE NAME SHOULD BE AND IF THERE IS A NAMING RIGHT THAT WE
[INAUDIBLE] >> I'M READY TO MAKE A MOTION.
>> IF YOU QUESTIONS. THE FIRST ONE IS, THIS IS 50 ACRES, -- IS THIS WHAT WE WANT IT FOR? WE DO WANT TO TEAR IT UP AND PUT BALLFIELDS THERE.
>> WILL BE HUGE EXPENSE BECAUSE OF THE LABOR LAND.
AND ALSO TRYING TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS.
THIS IS A PIECE OF PROPERTY WE HAVE THAT ACTUALLY HAS HABITAT ON IT. AND WE HAD TO PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT WE DO BECAUSE OF THE LAKE IT'S A WATER CONSERVATION PROPERTY. SO, WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAUTIOUS AS TO HOW MUCH RUNOFF WOULD CAUSE TO RUN TO THE LAKE BECAUSE IT IS A FLOOD REDUCTION LAKE.
WE ARE TRYING TO KEEP IT VERY NATURAL.
LEAVE THE GROUND OPEN FOR PERCOLATION.
BUT, I COULD SEE TWO OR THREE YOU KNOW, TWO OR THREE PHASES OF THIS PARK. RIGHT NOW IT IS JUST STARTING OFF WITH A TRAIL, PROVIDED THAT NATURE AND LEAVING THE HABITAT FOR THE WILDLIFE THERE. AND FOR A FLOODPLAIN AND FLOODWAY AREA. BUT EVENTUALLY, NO A PARKING
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LOT. THERE IS DEFINITELY MULTIPLE LAYERS ON THIS. WE ARE JUST TRYING TO STARTTHAT, THAT TRAIL PROJECT. >> HE KNOWS HE IS TURNING THAT
TRAIL BACK UP -- >> NO, SIR, I DON'T.
AND SO, IF YOU NOTICE IN, I BELIEVE WAS THE FIRST TIME I GOT IT, THERE'S A PART OF TRAIL THAT WE NATURAL SERVERS DRAW THE RETAIL UP AND ADD CEMENT INTO.
IS PROCESSING FOR THE FACT THAT THE DEVELOPER THAT IS GOING IN WILL DO A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF GRADING DOWN TO THAT.
WE DID NOT WANT TO PAY FOR A CONCRETE TRAIL BUT COME GRADED AND IS HAD TO TEAR IT OUT AND REPLACE IT.
WE HAVE TO KEEP THE TRAIL GOING THROUGH THE 14TH, WE CAN COME IN AND PUT A TRAIL WITHOUT BEING DAMAGE FROM CONSTRUCTION.
>> MY LAST QUESTION. WITH TAX DOLLARS, 711,000.
MAYBE NOT UNDERSTAND THE FULL SCOPE OF WORK.
IT SEEMS REALLY EXPENSIVE IS LIKE HUNDRED AND $35 PER FOOT.
>> A TRAILS ABOUT $1 MILLION A MILE AT THIS POINT.
AND WE ARE GETTING A MILE, IT IS AN 800 WIDE BOARDWALK THAT WILL BE MADE OUT OF TRACKS LUMBER AND HAVE HANDRAILS ON EACH SIDE TO KEEP IT SAFE. IT WILL BE STAMPED BY AN ENGINEER TO MAKE IT SAFE FOR THE COMMUNITY.
THE YOU KNOW, THE COST OF CONCRETE RIGHT NOW, IS VERY HIGH. AND ON THIS PROJECT, $601,500 OF THAT IS THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION COST.
WE HAVE $110,000 IN THERE FOR CONTINGENCY THAT HOPEFULLY WILL NOT BE SPENT OR WE ARE HOPING NOT TO SPEND ANY OF IT BUT YOU KNOW HOW THINGS GO NOW, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT WE WILL RUN INTO BUT I KNOW IT SOUNDS EXPENSIVE, AND I AGREE, I THINK FOR WHAT WE ARE GETTING, WE ARE GETTING A GOOD PRICE NOW, IF I WOULD GO BACK AND TRY TO BID IT OUT NOW WOULD BE AT LEAST
DOUBLE THIS. >> LOOKING OUT --
>> IS UTILIZING CONSTRUCTION THAT BUILT COMMUNITY PARK.
>> OKAY. YOU ALLUDED TO THE TRACKS LUMBER. WHAT IS ESTIMATED LIFESPAN?
>> IS TYPICALLY HAVE A 25 YEAR WARRANTY ON THAT.
I CAN TELL YOU, I PUT TRACKS LUMBER IN 2001 AND RIVER LEGACY PARK AND THE SAME LUMBER IS THERE AND IT IS IN FULL SUN ALL DAY AND IT IS HOLDING STRONG. HE TYPICALLY CAN GET 30 YEARS OF THAT. AS LONG AS YOU DON'T GO IN AND PURPOSELY TEAR IT UP. IT HAS A LONG LIFESPAN.
>> THAT'S MY NEXT QUESTION. [INAUDIBLE]
>> BUILDING WE ARE LOOKING FOR IS A 4 X 4 AS OPPOSED TO THE TWO WHEEL DRIVE. BECAUSE WE WILL HAVE TO GO IN THERE AND GET BACK TO SOME OF THE CREEK AREAS.
BUT OTHER THAN THAT, OUR COMMUNITY PARK STAFF WILL SHIFT OVER AND ESSENTIALLY, BE CHECKING THE TRAIL, WHEN IT FLOODS BECAUSE WE KNOW IT WILL FLOOD ON OCCASION.
I HAVE NOT SEEN THAT LEG GET CRAZY HIGH.
IT MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE MORE EXPERIENCE WITH THAT.
BUT WE WILL KNOW WILL BE GOING IN CLEAN AND REGULAR MAINTENANCE WILL GO IN, CHECKING TREES MAKING SURE WE DON'T HAVE ANY WIND DAMAGE OR BRANCHES HANGING OVER THE TRAIL THAT ARE CONCERNED. THEN BLOWING OFF THE LEAVES AND DEBRIS ON OCCASION AND CHECK IN THE BOARDWALK, PICKING UP
THIS CAME BEFORE US BEFORE THE PARKS MASTER PLAN BUT IT IS INCLUDED. IT IS ALL CONSISTENT, RIGHT?
>> YES IT IS IN THE PARKS MASTER PLAN.
>> IS ALL OF IT? OR LIKE THERE ARE 50 SOMETHING ACRES. IS THERE MORE TO COME LATER FOR
AND IT IS NOT CALLED OUT COMPLETELY IN THE MASTER PLAN.
THEY CALL THE OPTIONS THAT WILL BE SUITABLE FOR THE PIECE OF PROPERTY. SO, THIS IS DEFINITELY ONE OF THE GOOD OPTIONS FOR THAT PROPERTY, BEING MINDFUL OF THE
FLOODPLAIN AREA. >> I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. GO AHEAD, SORRY.
>> MOTION TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED.
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>> SECOND. >> MOTION TO APPROVE AND SECOND, PLEASE VOTE. ITEM PASSES, 7-0.
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
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SORRY. 2023-067 CONSIDER AND ACT UPON AN AGREEMENT WITH TEXAS CUSTOM COMMERCIAL FLOORS TO REPLACE THE CARPET IN THE CONFERENCE CENTER IN THE AMOUNT OF$106,248.00. >> GOOD EVENING AGAIN.
I AM WORKING ON THE CONFERENCE CENTER ITEM THIS EVENING.
I AM HERE TO REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL ON AN AGREEMENT WITH TEXAS CUSTOM COMMERCIAL FLOORS, TO REPLACE THE CARPET OF THE CONFIDENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $106,248.
THE CURRENT CARPET IS NOT BEEN REPLACED SINCE 2013.
AND AS YOU CAN IMAGINE WITH THE DAILY TRAFFIC, IT IS HEAVILY STAINED AND WORN AT THIS POINT. THE CONDITION OF THE CARPET IS A CONSTANT CONTENTION POINT WITH POTENTIAL CUSTOMERS, AND COMMENTED ON BY MANY ABOUT THE STAINS AND HOW IT LOOKS.
THE NEW CARPET WILL PROVIDE CLEAN AND UPDATED LOOK, THAT WILL ENHANCE THE OVERALL APPEARANCE OF THE CENTER, AND A NEW CARPET WILL BE IN TILED SECTIONS, THAT WILL ALLOW STAFF, IF WE HAVE STAINS, THAT WE CANNOT GET OUT, STAFF CAN LITERALLY JUST REMOVE ONE TILE AND REPLACE THAT.
SO WE ARE ENDING UP WITH THIS SITUATION WE HAVE MASS STAINS THAT ARE THERE FOR YEARS UNTIL WE CAN REPLACE ALL THE CARPET.
THE PROJECT WAS BUDGETED FOR 22 Ã23.
OF COURSE, THE PRICE CAME IN AS WE ARE USED TO NOW, HIGHER THAN WHAT WE HAD HOPED FOR. AND SO, THE ADDITIONAL COST IS SLATED TO COME FROM THE OPERATIONAL SAVINGS, FROM THE FUND BALANCE, FROM FISCAL YEAR 21 Ã22.
STILL THERE WAS REMAINING IN THE FUND BALANCE FOR THE CONFERENCE CENTER. THAT WOULD ALLOW TO UTILIZE THAT FUND AND NOT TAKE FROM THIS YEAR'S BUDGET.
YES SIR, 106,248. YES, SIR. >> MY EARS ARE PLAYING TRICKS
ON ME. >> I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. >> HOW MANY SQUARE FEET IS IT?
>> YOU'RE GOING STRAIGHT TO THAT? I AM NOT SURE, BUT THE -- THE CARPET BEING REPLACED IS EVERY BIT OF CARPET IN THE CENTER, EXCEPT FOR THE STAFF OFFICES.
THAT CARPET IS REMAINING. I CAN FIND THAT OUT FOR YOU.
IT IS A LOT. >> IS ALSO A ROOM THERE IF YOU COME STRAIGHT AND WALK STRAIGHT AHEAD.
>> IT HAS THE, CONCRETE FLOOR, STAINED CONCRETE LIKE THE REST OF THE ENTRANCE. YES, SIR.
>> SECOND. >> MOTION TO APPROVE AND SECOND. PLEASE VOTE.
ITEM PASSES, 7-0. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR AND
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ITEM 2023-068 CONSIDER AND ACT UPON AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY OF MIDLOTHIANB YEAR 2022- 2023 CONFERENCE CENTER FUND BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $24,110.95 FROM OPERATIONAL SAVINGS FROM FY 2021-2022 FOR TEXAS CUSTOM COMMERCIAL FLOORS, THE SECOND LOWEST BIDDER, TO REPLACE THE CARPET AT THE MIDLOTHIAN CONFERENCE CENTER IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 102, LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE; APPROPRIATING VARIOUS
-- >> YES, THIS IS ANOTHER BUDGET AMENDMENT, IT IS A SMALL AMOUNT, $24,110.95.
AS HEATHER JUST STATED, THE BUDGET AMOUNT WAS $82,137.05.
TOTAL COST OF THIS IS $106,248. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
>> MOTION? >> MOTION TO APPROVE PEER.
>> MOTION TO APPROVE, IS THERE A SECOND?
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ITEM PASSES, 7-0. THANK YOU.ITEM 2023-069 CONSIDER AND ACT UPON THE APPROVAL OF A FUNDING
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AGREEMENT BETWEEN MIDLOTHIAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THE CITY OF MIDLOTHIAN FOR INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE NEW TOWN SQUARE PROJECT IN AN AMOUNT NOTTO EXCEED $3,000,000. >> GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL. COMING TO YOU TODAY FOR APPROVAL OF A FUNDING AGREEMENT.
AS REQUIRED BY 510073. ALSO, THIS IS AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY. SO YOU ALL WILL BE APPROVING THE OTHER HALF OF THE AGREEMENT AS IT IS WITH YOU.
A LITTLE BACKGROUND OF THE PROJECT.
DRAMA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO FUND INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS THAT THE BOARD MAKES A FINDING THAT THEY PROMOTE NEW OR EXPANDED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES.
AS WE WENT TO OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS, ONE OF THE AREAS THAT WE CHOSE TO FOCUS ALONG WITH COUNCIL WAS THE DEATH OF AIR. THERE WAS A DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN COMPLETED AND INCLUDED IN THE PLAN, SEVEN CATALYST PROJECTS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED THAT IF COMPLETED, WOULD HELP TO BRING ABOUT THE ENTERTAINMENT, THE ACTIVITY, THAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR DOWNTOWN.
AND SO, ECONOMIC DEVELOPER BOARD REALLY USE THIS IN JUSTIFICATION HELPING THEM TO IDENTIFY, IF THEY UNDERTOOK THEM, THEY WOULD HELP TO ATTRACT NEW BUSINESS ACTIVITY DENSITY AREA. WE HAVE MOVED FORWARD AND HELPED TO PROMOTE THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, EACH OF THESE SEVEN CATALYST PROJECTS. THE CITY HAPPENS TO BE TAKING ON CATALYST PROJECT NUMBER ONE, WHICH IS FOR A NEW TOWN SQUARE.
WHICH IS ANCHORED BY THE NEW CITY HALL AND LIBRARY PROJECT.
AND SO, INCLUDED IS A FUNDING AGREEMENT BETWEEN MIDLOTHIAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND THE CITY.
FOR THE $3 MILLION PAID THE $3 MILLION IS NOT THE TOTAL OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE COST. BUT THAT IS THE PORTION THAT THE BOARD IS WILLING TO PARTICIPATE AND TO FUND FOR THOSE PROJECTS. THE BOARD CONSIDERED THIS PROJECT ON FEBRUARY 13, AND HAD A UNANIMOUS APPROVAL AND RECOMMENDATION TO COUNSEL FOR APPROVAL.
WITH THAT, IF THERE ANY QUESTIONS, HAPPY ANSWER.> COUNCIL? IS THERE A STRATEGY RELEASING THE FUNDING? OR IS IT A ONE TIME PAYMENT?
HOW DOES THAT WORK? >> THANK YOU.
INCLUDED IN THE AGREEMENT, WE, THE FUNDING WILL BECOME AVAILABLE AS OF OCTOBER 1, 2023.
WHICH ALIGNS WITH THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
WE DIDN'T INCLUDE THEM IN THE MONEY IN OUR CURRENT FISCAL YEAR. WE WORKED WITH CHRIS AND KIND OF THE CASH FLOW OF THE PROJECT THAT SYSTEM SEEMS TO WORK FOR THE CITY AND EDC. AFTER OCTOBER 1, WITHIN THE NEW FISCAL YEAR, THE CITY WOULD BE ABLE TO DRAW REIMBURSEMENT FOR
ACTUAL EXPENSES. >> THIS MOTION AGENDA ITEM WOULD COVER, THIS WOULD BE THE ONLY -- MOTION, PLEASE PEER.
>> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECOND PEER.
>> MOTION APPROVED AND SECOND, PLEASE VOTE.
ITEM PASSES 7-0. AND WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[EXECUTIVE SESSION]
HELPING US MOVING OUR CITY FORWARD.AT THIS TIME, COUNCIL WILL BREAK TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
SECTION 551.072 REAL ESTATE: DELIBERATION REGARDING REAL PROPERTY - TO DELIBERATE THE PURCHASE, EXCHANGE, LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY WITHIN THE CITY OF MIDLOTHIAN. WE WILL RETURN, AND I WILL MAKE NOTE THAT IT IS 11 MINUTES
>> GOOD EVENING, IT IS 7:37, WE ARE BACK IN SESSION.
NO ACTIONS TO TAKE. MOTION TO ADJOURN?
>> ALL IN FAVOR? 7:38 PM, WE
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